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Part 2Land title and registration
Land title register: Instruments

39Rejection of instrument that cannot be copied

  1. The Registrar may refuse to register or note—

  2. an electronic instrument if it is impracticable to capture the instrument's data; or
    1. a paper instrument if it is impracticable to copy, or to create an image of, the instrument.

      1. If subsection (1) applies,—

      2. the Registrar must give to the person who lodged the instrument a notice requiring the instrument to be lodged again in a corrected form within the prescribed period specified in the notice:
        1. the priority of the instrument is not affected if the instrument is lodged again in a corrected form within the prescribed period or any period of extension allowed by the Registrar:
          1. unless the instrument is lodged again within the required period, the instrument must be treated as never having been lodged for registration.

            1. In this section, corrected form means a form in which it is practicable to capture an electronic instrument’s data or to copy, or create an image of, a paper instrument.

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